#Layer 2
47 articles tagged with this topic
Are Alt-L1s over? Security, costs drive smaller chains to Ethereum
L1 blockchains Zilliqa, Gnosis and Ronin join the Ethereum ecosystem as the costs of going it alone grow, and the security and liquidity adv…
Tokenized gold can now back a Coinbase loan. The price feed takes weekends off
Morpho says PAXG-backed USDC loans are live, while customer eligibility, borrowing limits and liquidation thresholds still apply. Read the f…
Your crypto can survive a blockchain shutdown. Your way out might not
Lisk’s planned January claims and Recall Foundation’s contract instructions separate token ownership from access to assets and treasury proc…
Ethereum software bug triggers emergency fixes across major layer-2 networks
Published fixes span several software lines, but they do not establish operator adoption or the status of every cross-chain route. Read the …
Are you getting the AI you paid for? Anthropic’s new AI verification tool has a costly catch
FlashProve could help verify model computation, but its benchmark takes roughly 70 to 95 times the GPU work of ordinary inference. Read the …
Wall Street killed Bitcoin’s wild rallies: 10x’s Markus Thielen
Markus Thielen sees Bitcoin reaching $90,000 by year-end, questions institutional ETF demand and says Ethereum must do more for holders.…
Bitcoin redemption freeze puts $136 million Aave market under scrutiny
Borrowers can repay or add other eligible collateral, but Aave withdrawals do not reopen Threshold’s paused Bitcoin redemption route. Read t…
Robinhood now makes more money from predicting the future than trading crypto
The year-over-year crypto decline contrasted with $173 million in event-contract revenue and record company revenue of $1.42 billion. Read t…
Quantum fears already limiting Bitcoin’s growth, Stacks founder says
Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast, Muneeb Ali warned that uncertainty over Bitcoin’s quantum security could deter instituti…
Starknet voters back research into life beyond Ethereum
StarkWare plans to release a draft whitepaper in November as it explores an independent, quantum-resistant blockchain.…
Liquid Network Announces Final Stages of Recovery Following Massive Hack
Bitcoin Magazine Liquid Network Announces Final Stages of Recovery Following Massive Hack One month after hackers pinched 4,000 bitcoins, …
Crypto’s 2026 shutdown wave claims 82 projects. What went wrong?
Crypto projects are struggling to survive as falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches force closures across DeFi, blockchain…
Bitcoin drops to $81,400 as Asian chip stocks tumble, options traders seek downside protection
Bitcoin slipped 0.5% to around $81,400 even after the biggest daily spot ETF inflow in nearly a month as South Korea's Kospi index fell 3.7%…
JPMorgan drops JPM Coin on Ethereum with zero retail access
JPM Coin gives the bank's institutional clients an Ethereum payment route, with direct fund subscriptions still unannounced. Read the full s…
Sophon sets Nov. 25 withdrawal deadline ahead of mainnet shutdown
In June, Sophon’s developers said the costs of maintaining a standalone blockchain no longer justified its benefits and announced plans to f…
JPMorgan brings its own ‘crypto currency’ to Ethereum, but only for large customers
JPMorgan is bringing its digital dollar JPM Coin to Ethereum, but it is not a stablecoin. Here's what you need to know about this token.…
JPMorgan's JPM Coin, representing dollar deposits, is coming to Ethereum: Bloomberg
JPMorgan's dollar deposit token is heading to Ethereum as the lender looks to offer it to wider selection of institutional clients.…
JPMorgan takes JPM Coin to Ethereum for institutional clients: Report
JPMorgan is reportedly expanding its JPM Coin deposit token to Ethereum, allowing institutional clients to make payments and settle tokenize…
BitTorrent Ushers in Next-Gen Web3 Infrastructure with Strategic Rebrand and Inaugural BTT Burn
Overview: The first round of BTT repurchased with decentralized service revenue has been completely burned, as BitTorrent leverages its reim…
Is Ethereum safe enough? Scaling network Starknet wants to continue independently
Starknet is considering leaving Ethereum due to quantum computers. Find out what the vote means for Ethereum, STRK's security and holders.…
Institutions managing €800 billion ask what crypto tokens actually earn
Brendan Ma, head of investment strategy at the Arbitrum Foundation, said he met with representatives of institutions managing about €800 bil…
Starknet opens vote on potential Ethereum L2 exit over quantum risks
Starknet is asking STRK holders whether to explore becoming an independent layer-1 blockchain to reduce its dependence on Ethereum’s quantum…
Ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit
ZkSync announced Airbender Prime, a prover that Matter Labs says handled 99% of 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks in under 10 second…
Starknet introduces wallet privacy feature for DeFi activity
Starknet’s Shadow Accounts allow users to obscure connections between their main wallets and DeFi activity, though transactions remain visib…